high (government) official
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
research institute; (research) laboratory
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
national; founded and run by the central government
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
great war; great battle; world war
to force out corruption; to drive away misconduct; to clean up; (lit.) to drain out pus
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
global scale; worldwide scale
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
opposition party; the opposition
(making something a) political issue
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
archipelago; chain of islands
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
one large ...; a great ...
(sales) promotion; (sales, advertising) campaign; campaign (for an election, social change, etc.); movement; (military) campaign
traitor (to one's country); quisling
(political) administration; political power